Associated Press

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty in two western South Dakota killings should the suspects be convicted. KEVN-TV reports ( ) that means both men would face life in prison if convicted. James Rogers Jr. of Lead is charged in the fatal stabbing of 27-year-old Caitlin Walsh […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police say someone broke into a central Sioux Falls home this week to steal toilet paper. Sioux Falls police spokesman Sam Clemens says officers responded to the home about 5 p.m. Monday after the residents realized their door had been damaged in a burglary. The Argus Leader ( ) reports […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is hosting a demography conference this week. The third annual 2015 South Dakota Demography Conference on Thursday and Friday will focus on forecasting the rural-urban divide in the state. The event features a mini-conference on the state of South Dakota’s economy and […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The autobiography of prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder is being recognized by booksellers in the Midwest. The South Dakota State Historical Society says “Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography” has been chosen by the members of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association as a Midwest Booksellers Choice Award recipient for nonfiction. The memoir, […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A coalition established by Gov. Dennis Daugaard is exploring the potential expansion of Medicaid in South Dakota. The Health Care Solutions Coalition is set to gather for the first time on Wednesday. Daugaard recently met in Washington with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to detail a proposal to expand […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Tuesday: 17-58-63-64-66, Mega Ball: 13, Megaplier: 3 (seventeen, fifty-eight, sixty-three, sixty-four, sixty-six; Mega Ball: thirteen; Megaplier: three) Estimated jackpot: $50 million

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Police in Mitchell are looking for the person who has pointed a green laser at an aircraft and officers. Lt. Don Everson tells KORN-AM ( ) the incidents involving the laser have happened over the last several weeks. Everson says someone has pointed the laser at officers in the vicinity of […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Colorado man is in custody in South Dakota after law enforcement authorities accused him of stealing a bulldozer and using it to damage a building and destroy a pickup truck. Police in Rapid City say 21-year-old Justin Thornley of Empire, Colorado, was arrested Sunday on felony charges of destruction […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — NorthWestern Energy wrongly charged customers at least $8.5 million after a 2013 power plant outage forced it to buy electricity on the open market, attorneys for Montana consumers and environmental groups argued Tuesday before state regulators. The case centers on costs incurred by NorthWestern after the huge Colstrip coal plant was […]